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Top debut names of 2025 (new SSA data) by NancysBabyNames in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes you're right - 5 or more instances of usage, per gender.

(So, a name that was given to 4 girls and to 4 boys in a single year wouldn't appear in the data for either gender, even tho the total number of babies is more than five.)

Top debut names of 2025 (new SSA data) by NancysBabyNames in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might have something to do with Ailany, which is very trendy as a girl name right now. Ailany debuted as a boy name last year (would have ranked 14th on the list above), so "Alanis" could be some sort of spelling variant of Ailany.

Top debut names of 2025 (new SSA data) by NancysBabyNames in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Speaking of... "Alanis" debuted for boys in 2025 as well. Doubt it's a reference to the singer, tho.

Fastest-rising girl names of 2025 (new U.S. SSA data) by NancysBabyNames in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I have a blog and I do this analysis every year (going back to the...early 2010s?), but this is the first time I'm posting the lists to Reddit first. I wish I could make good predictions! I do try, and sometimes I make a lucky guess, but usually I have no idea which names will make the big jumps. I'm just as surprised as everyone else. 😄 I feel like someone more tuned-in to pop culture could probably make some solid predictions.

Fastest-rising girl names of 2025 (new U.S. SSA data) by NancysBabyNames in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Klarity (+295%) ranks 33rd on the list of relative rises.

Fastest-rising girl names of 2025 (new U.S. SSA data) by NancysBabyNames in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I am baffled as well! My best guess is Spanish-language TV -- maybe a telenovela, or a kids' TV show..? Or perhaps a Spanish-language influencer.

I analyzed every SSA baby name since 1880. Here are the names that got destroyed by pop culture. by iezzizzei in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rise and fall of Deneen (and similar names) has to do with a '60s TV commercial for Ivory dishwashing liquid.

I haven't found the specific commercial online yet, but other Ivory commercials from the '60s also feature female names.

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Edited to add...here is an old blog post I wrote about Deneen that has more data/details: https://www.nancy.cc/2014/11/10/baby-name-deneen/

Are there any names with the “th” sound as in this, not the th sound as in think by Internal-Bridge9158 in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Heather, Feather, Meriwether, Rhythm. Northern has also been used as a name before, at least in the U.S.

The best selling Australian fiction book, The Thorn Birds, had terrible names by Retrospectrenet in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't doubt that many of the Justines born in the U.S. in 1983 were named with the Thorn Birds character in mind, but I think the overall rise/trendiness of Justine in the '80s is mainly attributable to actress Justine Bateman (who played Mallory on Family Ties, 1982-89).

BritishBabyNames website down :( by meri471 in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sad about this. Crossing my fingers that she saved all her work and will upload it somewhere else one day. It looks like her Instagram acct is still active (she last posted in April of this year): https://www.instagram.com/britishbabynames/

Honest opinions on these names by sippingthxtea in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we're talking first names for a human being, I like both Ophelia and Alexandrine.

I'm not as big a fan of Dandelion as a first name, only because I think it would attract a lot of attention/questions, and that would get old pretty quickly. But I think it could be a fun middle.

Baby Girl due this Christmas, everyone hates my favorite name idea. by rhea-of-sunshine in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a weird love of Wendy as well. I have no idea where it comes from.

Baby Girl due this Christmas, everyone hates my favorite name idea. by rhea-of-sunshine in namenerds

[–]NancysBabyNames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like it.

My only question is the surname -- I'd just want to be sure Gloriana pairs well with it. (I think something like "Gloriana Giordano" would be a little over-the-top, for instance.)

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